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Report on YASunidos’ challenge is ready

The legal coordination of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) has prepared a report on the challenge made by the environmental group YASunidos regarding the results obtained after the signature verification process carried out to call a referendum that...
Posted On 12 Jun 2014
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Correa will travel to Brazil for the inauguration of the World Cup

President Rafael Correa is scheduled to travel to Brazil tomorrow to attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup in the Stadium Arena Corinthians, in Sao Paulo. Correa will travel accompanied by Sports Minister Jose Francisco Cevallos, thanks to the invitation of Brazilian...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Chilean students march for a true education reform

Last Tuesday, about 15,000 Chilean students marched again in Santiago, Chile’s capital, against the education reform promoted by the Government of the Socialist Michelle Bachelet, which they consider inadequate and unrepresentative. The president of the Student Federation...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Putin sets final price for negotiated gas with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this Wednesday, June 11 to the Ukrainian authorities that the final bid price of gas is $ 385/1,000 m3, and threatened to pass to “another phase” if Kiev rejects it. “The final price is $ 385 per thousand cubic...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Repression increases in Venezuela

A report from the Venezuelan Program Education-Action on Human Rights (Provea for its Spanish acronym), ensures that repression in Venezuela has increased 485% compared to previous years. Provea argues that this repressive policy has left a toll of “854 injured and wounded...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Brazil invests $ 900 million in security for the World Cup

More than 150,000 military security personnel will work to protect the twelve venues of the World Cup in Brazil, with the objective that neither social protest nor any other incident prevents the normal functioning of the event. “This integration is the great victory of the...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Parana River Flooding keeps closed routes at Iguazu Falls

The strong rise of the Paraná River, caused by heavy rains in the region, has left out of use all paths and circuits of the Iguazu National Park. The Iguazu River has a flood of such magnitude that all the paths and circuits had to be closed, said spokesmen for the company Iguazu...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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The EU considers “ambitious” trade agreement with Ecuador

The European Union (EU) considered  “very ambitious”  signing the trade agreement with Ecuador, since it enssured it exists “important issues” to discuss on the table. According to a spokesman for the European Commission. “Only when these issue...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Rafael Correa toured two parks in Guayaquil

Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador, visited the green areas of Guayaquil, including: the parks Laguna and Samanes, as part of his tuesday agenda. The first to be visited was Laguna park, located at km 26 on the way to the coast. There he toured thereservoir facilities, use...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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Players declare war to racism through campaign

Several players joined the campaign “Say No To Racism” (# SayNoToRacism), launched by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to eradicate this problem in football. Players like the English Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney, Dutchman Robin van...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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